**Chapter 2993: Please World, Forget Me!**
Just a moment ago, Wanxiang had sworn he would never set foot outside the Dimensional Gap again. Yet now, he was taking the initiative to step out, to welcome the blade that was swinging toward him!
Of course, Wanxiang feared death. He didn't want to have accumulated 138 billion years of existence only to end up like this!
But even more, he feared failing to protect his race, the countless stars—this very starry sky that had birthed and nurtured him!
If one were to look out across this starry sky and find that all the stars had fallen silent... wouldn't that be far too dull?
With that thought, Wanxiang rose and strode straight toward the three-dimensional starry sky world, his eyes filled with determination!
If my death can make Jiang Fan stop his current atrocities, then I willingly accept it!
But just then, Black God's pitch-black divine form suddenly materialized behind Wanxiang!
He grabbed hold of him, tightly locking his arm around Wanxiang's neck!
"You can't go out! Get your head straight, dammit! Have you forgotten everything you said before?"
"What good will it do if you go out? Jiang Fan will obtain your abilities, use them to drive stars into the accretion disk of the Final Black Hole!"
"The Final Plan will advance even further! Don't you care about these countless stars anymore?"
Wanxiang roared, struggling wildly, even unleashing his power without hesitation, bombarding Black God's divine form!
"Let me go! Let me go! Let me out! I don't need you to protect me anymore! I have the right to decide my own future! Let go!"
But Black God refused to release him. In the Dimensional Gap, how could Wanxiang possibly break free from Black God's restraint?
Black God gritted his teeth: "No! Before Big D left, he told me to protect you. I won't break my promise!"
"Do you want Xinglan, Mingquan, and the others to have died for nothing?"
Wanxiang's eyes were filled with grief:
"No! But I have no choice! If I don't go out, Jiang Fan won't stop! More people will die because of me!"
"Let me end all of this!"
Yang Jian's expression hardened: "We can all retreat into the Dimensional Gap! The Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance cannot afford to lose you as a combatant. As for what comes after... after that, we'll figure something out!"
Wanxiang laughed bitterly: "If retreating were possible, we would have done it long ago. Once everyone withdraws into the Dimensional Gap, how can we charge back into the starry sky? How can we stop the Final Plan? Fight a guerrilla war? Jiang Fan won't give us that chance!"
"What difference would that make from the original reality? Jiang Fan would just become another Xun Zu!"
"Like this, we can't even hold out until Jiangnan returns!"
"To stop the Final Plan, we need the various races to remain in the three-dimensional starry sky as resistance! Even if it's difficult, even if sacrifices must be made!"
"Even if Jiang Fan obtains my ability to move stars, and the situation deteriorates to its worst, you can still find ways to stop him, to delay him!"
"The situation hasn't yet reached the point where we completely lose the starry sky, where we can't hold on!"
"Yang Jian! You know better than anyone that if we truly retreat, we can't fight! We can't hold on! Otherwise, you would have retreated long ago!"
Yang Jian gritted his teeth, his fists clenched tightly, his eyes bloodshot. But still, he said:
"Even if you go out, the situation won't improve at all! Jiang Fan will still kill whoever he wants! What use is it for you to go out? It will only make things worse!"
Wanxiang's eyes widened: "At least! At least today, they can survive! As long as they live, there is still hope!"
"My life! It's mine to decide! I don't want these miracles of the starry sky to perish because of me any longer!"
"Let go! Let go!"
But Black God still held Wanxiang tightly!
"I won't! I'm not letting you do something stupid!"
Wanxiang's eyes were bloodshot: "All of this! It was already destined, wasn't it? None of us can change it!"
"I don't want to spend the rest of my life living in regret and pain! I don't want to watch my clansmen and descendants suffer before my eyes while I can do nothing! Let me go!"
"Black God! Don't make me hate you!"
Black God gritted his teeth but still showed no sign of letting go!
"Hate me then. I don't care!"
Wanxiang collapsed in despair, hanging his head and speaking hoarsely:
"Black God... do you believe in Jiangnan?"
"Do you believe that after he returns, he can stop all this and give this starry sky a bright future?"
Black God was stunned for a moment, then said firmly: "I believe in him! He... can!"
Wanxiang's voice was hoarse: "I believe in him too. So... let go..."
"Let me go. My death can allow more people to live. At least they can survive today. My dream will continue in them. In the days when I'm not here, hold on. No matter how hard it gets, hold on!"
"Then wait for Jiangnan to return and end all of this!"
"Black God... this is my own choice. In this final moment, let me decide for myself..."
Black God's expression was pained, but in the end... he let go!
Wanxiang slowly rose, chest out and head high, stepping out of the Dimensional Gap, striding straight toward Jiang Fan!
"Don't you want everything I have? Come and take it!"
As soon as he spoke, a giant Eye of the Starry Sky appeared above!
Big Eye and Little Eye also appeared here, watching the scene with grave expressions!
Jiang Fan narrowed his eyes, stopping the activation of Star Scar: "Hah. Seems you're not as cowardly as I imagined."
A flash of anger appeared in Black God's eyes: "You're wrong! Wanxiang is not cowardly! It is you who is cowardly now!"
"Maybe the old you understood all this. But now! You don't!"
Jiang Fan sneered: "Does it matter? It doesn't matter anymore!"
"A very wise choice. If all of you had retreated, the Final Plan would have been completed ahead of schedule. You can't stop me!"
"Handing over Wanxiang might allow you to drag out a little more time. But even if Jiangnan returns, he won't change anything! Everything is already fated!"
"When I, Jiang Fan, decide to do something, no one can stop me!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand, pointing it directly at Wanxiang!
"Star Nails!"
Countless stars turned into long nails, piercing Wanxiang's starlight divine body, piercing through his small world, and even the Wanxiang Star itself located within it!
Wanxiang did not resist but accepted it all calmly, turning back to look at Black God with eyes full of hope!
"Tell Jiangnan that in his dream reality, maybe I won't be there anymore. But it doesn't matter. Just remember to have him give this starry sky a bright future!"
"That alone... is enough..."
Mai Liushi's eyes were filled with deep sorrow!
"Ancestor!"
But Jiang Fan did not stop. He narrowed his eyes: "Star Transformation!"
Infinite starlight surged out from Wanxiang's body, flying toward Jiang Fan's starry sky!
Once Jiang Fan finished absorbing it, Wanxiang would completely die, turning into a star of Jiang Fan's ability!
And by then, Jiang Fan would possess the abilities of Wanxiang the Great Star Lord!
How could Xiao Chuihuo not realize how dire the situation had become?
If their side couldn't break the deadlock now, everything would be lost!
He was already breaking through his own limits. Just give me a little more time!
Jiang Fan's clone was also astonished to find that Xiao Chuihuo was actually trying to absorb the realm source energy erupting from him, using it as fuel for a cycle!
But in the end, it was too late!
Faced with Jiang Fan's actions, the Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance were helpless!
And in the starry sky, Zhang San stood here, witnessing all of this with his own eyes!
He saw the swords Jiang Fan had swung, taking countless lives. He saw thousands of stars shatter. The domains of various races were filled with smoke and fire!
And now, Wanxiang was here, having his ability absorbed by Jiang Fan in front of everyone, heading toward death!
But no one could stop it!
Zhang San's expression became abnormally grim. His fists clenched until they cracked!
Something in his chest seemed about to explode!
His eyes, bloodshot, fixed on Jiang Fan's back!
"A god? Hah. Indeed. You are no longer worthy of being called a human!"
"You've forgotten your original intentions, becoming the very existence you once hated the most! How pathetic!"
"Isn't this not just Nan's dream? It's also the dream we all share! And you're destroying it!"
"No one can stop you anymore, right?"
At that moment, Zhang San's eyes were filled with determination!
"I wonder... if I can withstand it!"
"Always hiding in unnoticed corners... Maybe... this time, it's my turn to stand before others!"
"Even if no one watches my back!"
"With Nan gone... this shared dream of ours... I'll protect it myself!"
As he spoke, Zhang San strode boldly toward Jiang Fan!
Across the entire starry sky, apart from Li Si, not a single person's gaze fell on Zhang San!
Li Si exclaimed urgently: "Third Brother! Don't go! You can't stop him! That's Jiang Fan! Don't go to your death!"
But Zhang San didn't stop. He turned back to look at Li Si, a smile on his face!
"Fourth Brother... don't forget me, okay? Keep watching me. You promised..."
Li Si was filled with anxiety: "How could I ever forget you! Don't go! Please don't go! You can't do it!"
But Zhang San didn't respond. He didn't look back!
Zhang San finally chose not to suppress his level any longer. He chose to break through!
From Transcendent straight into Star Devourer!
And his life level began to undergo a qualitative transformation!
Zhang San could have broken through to Star Devourer long ago, even before Little Bro and Baldr!
But... he didn't dare!
He didn't know what the consequences of breaking through would be. Would everyone become unable to see him? Would the world become completely irrelevant to him?
After obtaining the ability of Knowing Fate, Zhang San had already suspected as much. So he didn't dare!
But today, Zhang San didn't want to endure anymore!
The situation had reached a critical point. The Carbon Alliance and Matter Alliance were caught between a rock and a hard place. If Jiang Fan obtained Wanxiang's power, the situation would become even more difficult!
At this moment, someone needed to step forward to break the deadlock, stabilize the situation, and keep stalling!
Zhang San didn't know if he could do it, but he wanted to try!
Even if... no one remembered...
As Zhang San stepped forward, his level broke through to Star Devourer, and his life level gradually completed its qualitative transformation!
Zhang San's body became increasingly ethereal, transparent, like a ghost that didn't exist!
In Li Si's eyes, Zhang San's back gradually became blurry, transparent!
He rubbed his eyes repeatedly, his heart filled with urgency!
"Third..."
Before he could finish, Li Si's expression froze. In his sight, the space in front of him was now completely empty. There was no trace of Zhang San. And he had already forgotten what he was about to say...
He scratched his head in confusion, feeling like he had overlooked something important, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember...
Zhang San walked forward step by step. The world before his eyes grew increasingly blurry. Finally, he closed his eyes and whispered softly:
"Please, world... forget me..."